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Family Stories
Life in Australia:
Thomas Nash emigrated from Ireland to Australia arriving in Melbourne in November 1853 on the sailing ship "Mobile". He was aged 16 years. Thomas married Mary Elizabeth Smith in Melbourne in 1869. Their first child, John Francis Nash, born 1 Sep 1869 in Gisborne, was my grandfather. Thomas farmed land rented from William Maggs at Gisborne from 1870 to 1880. The land was adjacent to the National Hotel on the Melbourne Road - a freeway now runs through both the hotel site and the rented 8 acre farm. This information was obtained from the Rent Books kept at The Court House (Gisborne Historial Society). Thomas died in Kyneton in 1882 aged 46 years from Enteric Fever leaving a wife and seven young children. He is buried at the Gisborne Cemetery. The remainder of the Nash family subsequently moved to Melbourne where their descendants now live.
You and Your Family:
An important but sad event in the Nash family history is the death of Charles Buxton Nash. Charles died from wounds whilst a POW in a German Military Hospital in France in September 1916. He was the second son of John Francis and Madeleine Nash who went away on the "adventure of a life-time", a Volunteer in the 6th AIF embarking on the HMAT Wiltshire from Melbourne 13 April 1915. He was sent to the Middle East for training and then to the Gallipoli Peninsula and hence to France with the 58th Battalion. He was wounded and taken to a German Military Hospital where he died aged only 20 on 19 September 1916. He is buried at Carbaret-Rouge British War Cemetery, Souches, France (Plot 2, Row C, Grave 20). The grave has been visited over the years by a few friends and relatives, the Black Family also visited in 1974 - a very moving and sad experience.
Life Before Australia:
Thomas was born somewhere in the County of Kerry, Ireland to Thomas and Ellen (OConnor) Nash. We have been unable to locate birth records. Norma and Martin Black visited Kerry on their holiday in 2000 and found a place in County Kerry near Kilarney called Nashville which is a farming community. The area looks very much like the countryside around Gisborne, Victoria so we think that Thomas would have felt very much at home in Australia.
| Surname: | BLACK |
| Given Name(s): | Norma |
| Email: | mnoir@tpg.com.au |
Children |
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| NASH, Annie Theresa (7) | NASH, Bridget Margaret (6) | NASH, Ellen Maria (3) |
| NASH, James Joseph (4) | NASH, John Francis (1) | NASH, Thomas Sebastian (2) |
| NASH, William John (5) | ||
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Grandchildren |
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| HUGHES, Annie Theresa (6C) | HUGHES, John Humphrey (6A) | HUGHES, Mary Bridget (6B) |
| HUGHES, Veronica (6D) | NASH, Alan David (4C) | NASH, Charles Buxton (1B) |
| NASH, Elizabeth Ellen (1D) | NASH, Emma Lavinia (1C) | NASH, Ernest John (4A) |
| NASH, Ethel Theresa (5D) | NASH, Florence Madeline (1G) | NASH, Francis John (1E) |
| NASH, James Francis (5B) | NASH, John Alfred (1F) | NASH, Leslie James (4B) |
| NASH, Thomas (5C) | NASH, Thomas Harry (1A) | NASH, Wilfred Frank (4D) |
| NASH, William Alfred (5A) | PICK, Cecilia Mary (3A) | PICK, Eileen Theresa (3B) |
| PICK, Elizabeth Mary (3D) | PICK, Francis Augustine (3C) | |
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Great Grandchildren |
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| NASH, Beverley Joan (1F2) | NASH, Charles (1A2) | NASH, Elaine (1A4) |
| NASH, Joan Gladys (1F4) | NASH, John Arthur (1F5) | NASH, June May (1F1) |
| NASH, Selena Olive (1A1) | NASH, Norma (1F3) | NASH, Valda (1A3) |
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Great Great Grandchildren |
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| BERGER, Jeffrey (1A1A) | BLACK, Fiona Helen (1F3B) | BLACK, Naomi June (1F3C) |
| BLACK, Philip Jonathon (1F3A) | CADMAN, Alan Jon (1F2A) | CADMAN, David (1F2D) |
| CADMAN, Jennifer Ann (1F2B) | CADMAN, Lynette Gaye (1F2C) | GLEW, Geoffrey John (1F1B) |
| GLEW, Julie Ann (1F1A) | GLEW, Melissa Joanne (1F1D) | GLEW, Michelle Diane (1F1C) |
| MCDONALD, Brett Ronald (1F4A) | MCDONALD, Colin Andrew (1F4B) | NASH, Gavin John (1F5A) |
| NASH, John (1A2B) | NASH, Kimberley Jane (1F5B) | NASH, Paul (1A2A) |
| O'DOHERTY, Mark (1A4B) | O'DOHERTY, Paul (1A4A) | WALTON, Gregory (1A3B) |
| WALTON, Ian (1A3A) | WALTON, Philip (1A3C) | WALTON, Sue (1A3D) |
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Great Great Great Grandchildren |
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| BERGER, Amelia (1A1A2) | BERGER, Simon (1A1A1) | BLACK, Maddison Jacqueline (1F3A1) |
| CADMAN, Danica Jane (1F2A1) | CADMAN, Sara Joan (1F2A3) | CADMAN, Shane Alan Robert (1F2A2) |
| GLEW, Amanda Michelle (1F1B1) | SCOTT, Christopher David (1F1A3) | SCOTT, Elise Michelle (1F1A1) |
| SCOTT, Jarred John (1F1A2) | SOUTTER, William (1F2C1) | VELIMIROVIC, Amy (1F2B2) |
| VELIMIROVIC, Briana (1F2B3) | VELIMIROVIC, Natasha(1F2B1) | SPENCER, Phoebe Joy (1F3B1) |
| CADMAN, Taylor (1F2D1) | CADMAN, Lee (1F2D2) | NASH, Zara Elise (1F5A1) |
| LOFTS, Alexander(1F1D2) | LOFTS, Miah(1F1D1) | SOUTTER, Georgia(1F2C2) |
| SPENCER, Joshua Philip (1F3B2) | NASH, Chloe Eloise (1F5A2) |
JONES, Harley (1F3C1) |
JONES, Lennon (1F3C2) |
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Great Great Great Great Grandchildren |
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| CADMAN, Saxon Benjamin(1F2A2A) | ||
This family information was last updated by NORMA BLACK on the 21 February 2015.